April the 22d, 1643, appeared before the Dutch Director General Kieft in Fort Amsterdam, Oratatrim, sachem of Ack-kin-kashacky. who declared he was deputed by those of Tappan, Reekgawanck, Kicktawanc and Sint Sinck, to conclude a peace with the Dutch in the following manner, viz. : that all the injustices committed by the said nations again.st the Netherlanders, or by the Netherlanders against said nations, shall be forgiven and forgotten for ever; reciprocally promising one another to cause no trouble the one to the other; but whenever the savages understand that any nation not mentioned in this treaty might be plotting mischief against the Christians, then they will give to them timely warning, and not admit such a nation within their own limits. To secure and confirm this peace, presents

« This town was separately organized. May 2, 1845. Laws of N. Y. 1845. Also 69 Session, 1H46, chap, xxx., 265 section.

b N. Y. Hist. Soc. Pro. 1844, 101. Ossin in the Chippeway denotes *' a stone," and Osaineen " Etoncs." Trans. Amer. Autiq. Soc. vol. ii., 70.

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were given on both sides, while God is prayed that this peace may be duly observed by the savages.^-

30 August, 1645. Aepjen, chief sachem of the Mohegans, personally appeared at Fort Amsterdam, as a delegate to the general council held there, in behalf of the Wappinecks, the Weckquaesqueecks, the Sint Sings and the Kicktawancks.^

In the year A. D. 1663, the Sint Sings appear to have been without a chief.c